Entry № 9709 · Other origin

Sile Sile — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHEE-lah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Other

Meaning

"Irish form of Cecilia (Irish + Saint Cecilia)"

Syllables

First recorded

Medieval (Irish)

The meaning

A name that means "irish form of cecilia (irish + saint cecilia)".

Sile is one of the Irish feminine names — central to traditional Irish Catholic heritage. Irish feminine name reflecting Celtic Catholic heritage.

Irish form of Cecilia (Irish).

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Síle

Transliteration: Síle
Pronunciation: / ˈʃiː.lə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Sile stands.

Sile does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Siles before her.

Real people

Síle de Valera

Irish politician + granddaughter of Éamon de Valera Irish President.

Contemporary

In fiction

Saint Cecilia

Patron saint of music + musicians + Roman noblewoman martyr c. 3rd c. CE + Henry Purcell + Benjamin Britten musical heritage.

Catholic tradition

Names connected to Sile.

Numerology

The number behind Sile.

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sile reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.